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Depends on what your definition of "std lib" is. If you say a "std lib" is something that is installed along with the language, then CPAN fits the bill. $
by prakashk 15y ago
Depends on what your definition of "std lib" is.
If you say a "std lib" is something that is installed along with the language, then CPAN fits the bill.
$ corelist CPAN
CPAN was first released with perl 5.004
- kc5tja 15y agoThat's more of a standard tool, not a standard library. Rather, a library is a collection of reusable components. A Standard Library, then, are pre-equipped collections of reusable components. Here, we define "reusable" as invokable from within the language, as first-class constructs. Even if CPAN was a standard library, that which you install from it is clearly not, which is what the argument to date has centered around.